Skip YouTube Ads By Hitting The Refresh Button

By Caleb Johnson — Aug 11th 2010 at 8:50AMswitched.com

Honestly, we just don't have the patience to watch those 15- to 30-second ads that play before some YouTube videos. But, as one Lifehacker reader points out, you can skip the ads and get straight to watching the video by simply hitting the refresh button on your browser.